William jones



Mrs ra'rne a rnnr WILLIAM JONES, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO RIQHARD CHARLES POWELL, OF SAME PLACE.

TRANSFE'RHS-HEET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,795, dated September 13,1887.

Application filed August 28, 1886. Serial No. 212,119. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J oNns,a sub ject of the Queen of England, residing at London, England, map-monnter, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or relating to the Preparation of Transfer-Sheets, of which the following is a specification.

In carrying out my invention I usea sheet composed of tracing tissue, newspaper, cloth, or other suitable substance, and coat it on both sides with a varnish composed of the followingingredients, viz: two parts, by measurement, of white spirit-varnish; two parts methylated spirits; one part turpentine; one part castor-oil, the whole to be thinned down with parafiine or other mineral oil, and, by preference, scented with Verbena or other essential oil. The paper or cloth having its surfaces coated With the above varnish is then pressed and covered on one side with spirit varnish and backed in the other with one or more layers of cartridge, drawing, printing, or lithographic paper, orother suitable strengthening material, attached by means of starch or other adhesive material and again pressed. The surface of the tracing-tissue or newspaper or textile fabric is then covered or faced with an enamel consisting of gelatine-glue and glycerine, the enamel known as Gorys mountain snow or other enamel, and again rolled or pressed and allowed to dry,when the enameled surface is ready to receive the picture, design, or print, which may be applied in the usual manner. The sheet I employ thus consists of an enamel face applied to a body of tissue of fine quality supported by a stronger backing.

To produce a transparency, the printed or ornamented face of the material is attached to glass bya mixture of gum and alum or other adhesive material, being well pressed thereon and all air-bubbles being removed by means of a squeegee, in the manner usually practiced by those skilled in the art of mounting prints or drawings. After the adhesive material has had time to dry-21. process which usually requires about a day-the backing is moistened with glycerine and water, and, if proper care be taken, the backing and also the tracing-tissue or body can be removed sheet by sheet until nothing remains upon the glass but the enameled face bearing the color orim pression. WVhen the desired degree of attenuation or transparency has been arrived at, the transferred picture may be either coated on the back with a protective varnish or it may be French polished or protected by glass.

WVhen it is required to apply the print or design to nontransparent surfaces-such as china or opaque glass-it is fixed thereon by means of a volatile or combustible varnish. The body and backing are then removed, as above described, leaving the film of color and enamel, and the china or glass is then fired in the usual manner.

I do not confine myself to the precise proportions of theingredients which I have herein mentioned, although I find these to give satisfactory results.

I claim 1. As a new article of manufacture, atransfer-sheet consisting of a body material of tracing-linen or other suitable tissue, provided with an enamel coating on its face side, and a backing of paper or other textile or fibrous material stronger than the body, substantially as specified.

2. The process herein described of making transfer-sheets, which consists in the employment of a sheet of tracinglinen or other suitthe same on both sides, then covering one side with an enamel and attaching to the otherside a backing of stout paper or other textile or fibrous material of a stronger character than the body, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

\VILLIAM JONES.

\Vitnesses:

ALFRED J. BoULT, HARRY B. BRIDGE.

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